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Got the AQ 90x4 back today Opened up the box and found this though -__- I hate packing peanuts But! After I got them all cleaned up and out of the crevices of the heat sinks, it looks just like it did before. Like a used amp but I'm excited to hook it back up and have some damn music again!!! Too pumped!! Now I just need my PA's to get here, and I'll be a happy camper Thanks for checking out my little build

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Thanks, same goes for your build, I've been following every update.

Today's progress: Pulled the old alternator. Here it is next to the shiny new Singer 270 270 installed Voltage with no load At some point in the near-ish future, I'll snap a pic of voltage at idle with the music full tilt, but not today. Went for a ride to test and full tilt it only dropped to 14.6 (~1.7k rpms). I'm satisfied so far. Door pods fit good, only one gap that isn't going to be visible so I'm not worried about it. No pics. Need to mount them to the door still but that's after they get some color on them. Only issue installing the alt I had was the new 3/4inch shorter belt being a bitch to get over the pulley, and the stock charging wire lug was a little small to get on the bolt, started drilling it a little bigger, it caught on the bit and the bit found my finger. No worries, all is good, and more updates will be coming before long. I have a feeling a new box will be in the picture very very soon....

Picked up a package today 270A 6 phase hairpin powder coated blue to match the Tahoe, and I'm itching to put it in. But that will be a project for tomorrow. Got a little dog tag shaped keychain And everything in the box (no severed head...) I've got a couple hours before the sun goes down. I've got a horrendous headache, but I'm going to work on gap filling the pods where they sit in the door panel (thanks mark CAF for the helpful videos). Tomorrow I'll pull the stock alt and belt, put on the new alt and shorter belt and crank 'er up. Ordering the soundqubed pro audios here in a minute too. I'll try to get pictures as I work on it this weekend Edit: also, SoundQubed is sending my 90x4 back this weekend, hopefully be here next week, and here shortly I'll have tunes in my ride again. Then it's on to box building and sound deadening (as funds are available of course).

No. It will detect distortion at any frequency. You only have 40hz and 1khz tones on the CD. If you have other frequency tones (clean and of the same attenuation of the 40hz/1khz tones you used to set gains) you can use those. Because different frequencies can distort at different levels in the HU, and amplifiers.

The only way someone can fry their shit using it is by not understanding how the tones work. They think "oh, the more negative I go with these numbers the louder it makes it, I'll use -15dB" and then when they're playing songs recorded at a higher level at full tilt, it will get clipped to shit in the amp, causing heat (bye-bye amp), or if the amp hasn't gone yet, then they're sending that nasty signal to their subwoofer(s) and causing heat in the sub until it's gone. TL:DR You have to understand how test tones at different levels work with music in order to not fuck your shit up like the "others" you claim to have seen @ohio45113

I feel you. I found out where the shops are around here, went to a few of them, checked out what they offer (services, equipment, prices to see if maybe I want to purchase from then instead of online if there's something I want) and then based my judgementsof the shop off of the quality of work they do in pictures of their builds. The shop I recommended doesn't have any equipment I want, but they do some great work. Others around here, not so much.

I died at that. Definitely quote worthy for a signature.

Try buying a new harness. A bad solder could be causing voltage drop causing you to turn the gain higher.

Thank you for the advice. I'm still not ready to paint the pods anyways. Need to do a little bit of gap filling. But I do appreciate the feedback.

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Yeah I get that. I'd just like to see it in person, and don't want to waste $40 on a can of something I don't like.

Hmm. I'll see if they can demo some of that and other stuff for me whenever I go to check it out. I'll probably go to lowes though. The Home Depot by me is just a small one and doesn't have much stuff

Might try this out though. Anyone used rustoleum bed liner before? http://m.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Automotive-15-oz-Tan-Truck-Bed-Coating-Spray-Paint-6-Pack-253438/204721422

Bought this sander attachment for my B&D matrix drill Sanded the pods down to 240. Still haven't decided what I want to do with them though. They would look better matched to the interior, but I don't care to try wrapping in vinyl or anything, and I kind of want something to offset them from the rest of the tan/beige interior.

Well this is what I got done today. Covered in body filler (I'm not very good at that part at all) and a little bit of sanding. I think an oscillating sander is in my future though. Finish it up tomorrow hopefully, prime/paint it. Can you tell which one was the first? Too much hardener First layer dried and sanded, and a second smoother layer Time for some Fiber Optic homework

my parking break worked fine with the pods i made, the hood latch not so much.. had to open the door to pop the hood. the second set of pods i put in, i needed to bend the parking brake a little, i just did it by hand, its was pretty easy. also were did you get your led lights from, you have the same exact setup i have, and i couldn't find them. eBay. They're not a direct plug in play as it says in the description. The dome/map lighting was good, but the doors you have to force it into the housing and then get the end to come out, hold it with some needle nose pliers and plug in. Kinda ghetto, and sucks when you have to take them back out, but I hate dealing with returns. I made it work, that's what matters. Or you can sand/grind down the hole for the LED... But I like doing things the hard way. Oh, and if you do get these, if you plug them in and they don't turn on, flip it around, they have a positive and negative side I guess. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=281292667933

Mine were vented into the door, but I worked hard on sealing up and rattle proofing my doors too. Sounded great. As of now there is zero sound deadening that I have added. It's on my to-do list, but it's not too high priority right now. I know it helps and goes a long way towards better sound, but the ability to have sound is more of my current goal right now. I've only had about two weeks with a temporary full setup since I bought this in April. With it being my daily, the ride to and from work is long and quiet.